Dan Bolef Papers

Collection

Identifier: WUA-03-wua00168

Staff Only

Included in the collection are course notebooks from Bolef’s graduate studies, and research related papers from his work at Westinghouse; of note are research materials related to masers. Laboratory manuals and other teaching materials, professional correspondence, grant proposals, and other papers related to Bolef’s time in the Physics Department (College of Arts and Sciences) at Washington University are also part of the collection. In addition, there is a large group of materials related to arms control, nuclear energy and proliferation, Vietnam, the draft, civil rights, and other social issues covering the 1960s through the early 1980s. Approximately 45 linear feet of materials transferred are currently unprocessed and housed after Series 14.

Series 12, 13, and 14 are described in separate inventories, inquire with Archives staff.

Dates

Creation: 1946-1987

Creator

Bolef, Dan I., 1921- (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Materials in Series 07, Box 04 related to conscientious objectors, and all items in Series 11 (Tenure Cases) are restricted. Please contact the University Archivist (314) 935-9730 or spec@wumail.wustl.edu for further information.

Conditions Governing Use

Users of the collection must read and agree to abide by the rules and procedures set forth in the Materials Use Policies.

Providing access to materials does not constitute permission to publish or otherwise authorize use. All publication not covered by fair use or other exceptions is restricted to those who have permission of the copyright holder, which may or may not be Washington University.

If you wish to publish or license Special Collections materials, please contact Special Collections to inquire about copyright status at (314) 935-5495 or spec@wumail.wustl.edu. (Publish means quotation in whole or in part in seminar or term papers, theses or dissertations, journal articles, monographs, books, digital forms, photographs, images, dramatic presentations, transcriptions, or any other form prepared for a limited or general public.)

Extent

108.00 linear feet

Additional Description

Biographical Information

Daniel Isador Bolef (June 10, 1921-September 29, 2011) was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied physics at Columbia College under Professors Rabi and Kusch (A.M. 1948, Ph.D. 1952) and during this time taught as an Instructor in Physics at Stevens Institute of Technology and an Instructor in Mathematics and Physics at the State University of New York. In 1952 he was promoted to Assistant professor of Physics at State University. From 1953-1963 Bolef worked as a research physicist in the area of nuclear magnetic resonance for the Westinghouse Research Laboratories. In 1963 Bolef joined the faculty at Washington University in St. Louis as Professor of Physics, becoming Professor Emeritus in 1983.